Duration estimates and users’ preferences in human-computer interaction

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-60

  Meyer, Joachim ^a,b   Shinar, David ^a   Bitan, Yuval ^a   Leiser, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Duration estimates; Human computer interaction; System response times; User preferences; Visual displays

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ESTIMATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SUBJECTIVE TESTING; USER INTERFACES;

DURATION ESTIMATES; USER PREFERENCES; VISUAL DISPLAYS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029960332     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964433     Document Type: Article

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